Molly
Rank in 2025
#196
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,601
girls 1,601
Peak year
1991
4,652 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
176,487
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Molly was most popular in 1991, when 4,652 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,601 babies were named Molly, ranking #196 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,601 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,474 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,437 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,481 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,583 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,645 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,757 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,799 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,829 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,986 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,254 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,605 | 122 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 3,084 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 3,261 | 90 | 9 | 8158 |
| 2011 | 3,616 | 78 | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | 3,362 | 87 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 3,510 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 3,321 | 104 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 3,415 | 97 | 6 | 10921 |
| 2006 | 3,127 | 105 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 3,215 | 97 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 3,344 | 97 | 28 | 3368 |
| 2003 | 3,403 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 3,119 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 3,415 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 3,402 | 96 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 3,326 | 102 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 3,192 | 108 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 3,452 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 3,312 | 99 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 3,382 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 3,441 | 95 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 3,708 | 87 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 4,137 | 83 | 9 | 5660 |
| 1991 | 4,652 | 74 | 11 | 4760 |
| 1990 | 3,965 | 80 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 3,460 | 93 | 33 | 2106 |
| 1988 | 3,461 | 86 | 19 | 2860 |
| 1987 | 2,891 | 97 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 2,548 | 110 | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | 2,434 | 119 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 2,178 | 131 | 15 | 2956 |
| 1983 | 2,311 | 129 | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | 2,317 | 131 | 20 | 2426 |
| 1981 | 2,089 | 135 | 11 | 3601 |
| 1980 | 2,202 | 133 | 11 | 3615 |
| 1979 | 2,022 | 139 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 1,931 | 142 | 9 | 3857 |
| 1977 | 2,067 | 141 | 11 | 3386 |
| 1976 | 1,729 | 150 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 1,547 | 170 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 1,480 | 179 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 1,329 | 195 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 1,234 | 226 | 6 | 4441 |
| 1971 | 1,185 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,191 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,093 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,020 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,016 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 984 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,062 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,001 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 859 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 821 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 781 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 727 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 763 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 746 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 699 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 654 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 622 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 599 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 582 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 617 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 612 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 564 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 556 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 562 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 484 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 415 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 333 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 366 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 386 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 375 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 339 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 345 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 348 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 329 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 306 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 316 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 301 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 291 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 271 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 315 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 300 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 342 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 320 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 315 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 258 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 255 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 241 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 290 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 293 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 277 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 302 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 246 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 258 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 306 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 310 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 333 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 325 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 247 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 197 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 197 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 129 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 145 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 109 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 101 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 113 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 86 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 71 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 72 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 75 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 54 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 55 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 67 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 47 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 39 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 50 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 49 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 45 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 36 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 58 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 33 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 46 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 35 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 37 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 29 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 30 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 32 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 30 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 30 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 33 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 18 | 388 | <5 | — |
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Names like Molly
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Molly is most popular
- New Hampshire2.6×
- Maine2.3×
- Massachusetts2.0×
- North Dakota2.0×
- Montana1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years